India, June 19 -- A Pune man named Pranav has shared his experience of a walk-in interview where he claims a company asked him to work without a salary for several months before considering offering him a paid role.

In a post shared on X, Pranav said he arrived at the interview with hope amid a difficult job market but was surprised by the conversation during his first round with HR.

Pranav said the initial round was not about his technical skills, projects or previous experience. In fact, the first round wasn't even technical - it was straight with HR.

"Instead of asking about my skills, projects, or experience, the first serious discussion was: 'would you be willing to work unpaid for the next 6-8 months? if things go well, we'll thi...